David Robinson was better than Hakeem because David had crappy players throughout his entire career. Hakeem was surrounded by a ton of good players like Clyde Drexler, Sam Cassell, Charles Barkley, Robert Horry, Kenny Smith, Scottie Pippen, Mario Elie and Ralph Sampson. If Robinson had all those good players like hakeem, David Robinson would have easily won 6 or 7 rings.

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ellie, horry, cassell : role players.
drexler: old and past his prime, he wasnt even there when hakeem SINGLEHANDEDLY lead houston to a championship in 1994.
charles barkley and scottie pippen: hakeem was old when he played with those players.

Hakeem vs Robinson: 1995 Western Conference Finals
First, let’s set up the participants. David Robinson was the MVP in 1995, the league’s best player. The Spurs had the better team, and the home court advantage in the series.

Do you remember what happened?

The Rockets took the first two games in San Antonio. The Spurs came back and won the next two games in Houston. The Rockets won the next two games to take the series 4-2.

Thats exactly my point. 95% of your entire post highlighted 6 games, while their career was so much more than that.

well, in his career hakeem LEAD his team to 2 championships while robinson was 2nd in command to duncan to the 2 he won, so even if you consider their entire careers it is still not close, if you dont have a finals MVP you dont deserve to be compared with hakeem.

I saw that 70 point game. The Clippers were defenseless in the post and it was like the last game of the season. Instead of Robinson sitting out the second half of a meaningless game, his team force fed him every shot so he would win the scoring title. Robinson took 41 shots not counting the ones that led to free throw attempts which would have totaled to about 53 shots.

Two games before the 70 point game Hakeem held him to 6 of 24 shooting.

I'm a rational Spurs fan and I have always thought DRob was on par with Hakeem his entire career before he hurt his back and was never the same player. Offcourse everyone will remember the one series in 94 but their career was so much more than those 6 games. There is no doubt that Hakeem had a better career but its alot closer than what many people think.

this thread is a continuation of the topic from this summer where there were a number of good comments (and a bunch of knuckleheads too) :stupid:

it is amazing how similiar their career stats are-- overall and per game and 48 minutes.

and was significantly better than drob in the playoffs but overall (not just in the highlights from the 95 which i do agree gets too much play in these type of discussions). david did not do badly in the playoffs, but hakeem just got stronger as compared to the regular season.

personally, i liked the young drob's style-- he had everything kg had but was even smoother and faster and was a better shotblocker. i also liked the way hakeem got better after age 30 until he hit 35; like most, drob declined with age after 30 but complimented tim d well in the championship years. he gave my sonics fits in the mid 90s

if i were a gm, knowing what we have seen overall from these two hof-ers, i would take hakeem in the draft, in his prime or for just one season- primarily because of his toughness and production when it came to the playoffs

the kg-duncan parallel to drob-hakeem somewhat works in terms of style; but kg is nowhere near what drob had done in the playoffs. also, hakeem is my choice over duncan

DRob was extremely talented but he was not as good as Hakeem. Beyond the issue of talent, Hakeem actually led his team to 2 titles while DRob needed Duncan to win. Hakeem at his best was WAY better than Robinson at his best as the 1995 playoff established.

As the Sports Guy succintly wrote:

Before this game, David Robinson was presented with his 1995 MVP award, so he gave a speech and thanked some of the centers who had won before him. Well, he didn't mention Hakeem. Big mistake. Hakeem exploded for 41 points and 16 boards, including 29 in the second half alone. For the series, Hakeem averaged 35.3 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 4.1 blocks and 1.3 steals. You could even argue that Robinson's career was never quite the same. And it all started with that speech in Game 2.

If you want video evidence of this domination, here's an NBATV piece on Hakeem's domination of Robinson in the playoffs: